{"id":47833,"date":"2015-09-14T15:45:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T22:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=47833"},"modified":"2015-09-14T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T22:45:18","slug":"sheikh-hasina-wins-un-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/09\/14\/sheikh-hasina-wins-un-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Hasina wins UN award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By NJ Thakuria<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Guwahati: The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is awarded by the United Nations \u2018in recognition of Bangladesh\u2019s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change\u2019. Ms Hasina will receive the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category at a ceremony scheduled for 27 September 2015 at New York.<\/p>\n<p>A media statement, provided by the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan in New Delhi, said that the award \u2018recognizes Bangladesh\u2019s first-off-the-block initiatives under Prime Minister Hasina\u2019s government to prepare the ecologically fragile country for the challenges it faces from climate change\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>With a population of more than 159 million, Bangladesh is one of the world\u2019s most populated countries. It is also one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Cyclones, floods and droughts have long been part of the country&#8217;s history, but they have intensified in recent years,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh \u2013 one of the world\u2019s least-developed countries \u2013 Sheikh Hasina has proven that investing in climate change is conducive to achieving social and economic development, added the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Champions of the Earth award is the highest environmental accolade that the United Nations can confer upon outstanding individuals and organizations. Previous laureates of this inclusive award range from leaders of nations to grassroots activists \u2013 all visionaries whose leadership and actions drive the world ever closer to its aspirations of environmental sustainability and a life of dignity for all. To date, the Champions of the Earth has recognized 67 laureates in the categories of policy, science, business and civil society.<\/p>\n<p>The other winners named so far are the National Geographic Society (Science and Innovation); Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura (Entrepreneurial Vision); and South Africa\u2019s Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Inspiration and Action). Other winners will be announced throughout September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is awarded by the United Nations \u2018in recognition of Bangladesh\u2019s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change\u2019. Ms Hasina will receive the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category at a ceremony scheduled for 27 September 2015 at New York. A media statement, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nava-thakuria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}